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Shigella boydii

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Shigella boy·di·i (boid-)
n.
A bacterium present in a low proportion of cases of bacillary dysentery.


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The bacteria from this group which can cause dysentery are- bacterium Shigella dysenteriae type 1 (Sd1) causes serious and epidemic dysentery while Shigella flexneri, Shigella sonnei and Shigella boydii can also cause less dangerous dysentery.
Antibacterial Activity The crude extract was screened against various human pathogens including Corynebacterium diphtherium, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Proteus morganni, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella typhi, Shigella boydii, Staphylococcus aureus, and Streptococcus pyogenes by agar well diffusion method (Atta-ur-Rahman et al.
Shigella dysenteriae, Shigella flexneri, Shigella boydii and Shigella sonnei constitute the four species of the genus.
 
 
 
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